Car-door.



i. C. MERKBR.

GAR DOOR.

APPLIOATION FILED ooT,19,1912.

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N BY `I ATTORN E? P. C. MERKER.

vGAR DOOR. f

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3 SHEETE--SEBET APPLIOATIUN FILED 0GT.19, 1912.

'A ATTORNEY lNvENTOR;

P. C. MERKER.

GAR DOOR. I APPLICATION FILED OGT.19,1912.

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Application filed october 19, 1912.

To all whom t may con/,fom

Be it known that I, PniLir C. Mannen, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Cedar Rapids, in the county ot Linn and State o' Iowa, have invented new and useful Car-Door, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car doors.

The objecty ot the present invention is to improve the construction vof the car door shown and described in an application filed by me Nov. 22, 19H, Serial 561,740, and to equip the same with a Ventilating door, adapted to be. easily and quickly mounted in the door opening of a t'reight car in position to cooperate with'the lower or main door, when it: is desired to change the car door from a storm proof grain tight closure to a .Ventilating door.'

A. further object. of the invention is to provide means adapted when the lower or inain doors are folded against the exteriml Ot the car to protect the same from the drip from the top ot the car and at the same time retain the doors in their tolded position.

lilith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinatter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying` drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; itbeing understood that various changes in the torni, proportion, size Aand minor details of construction.y within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to with out departing from the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages ot' the invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a front elevat-ion cfa portion of a car provided with a car door. constructed in accordance with this invention, the rentilatingdoor being in position. Fig. 2 is a. similar View, the ventilating door being removed and one of the sectional doors being folded' against the side of the car. Fig. 8 is a vertical `sectional View on the line 8 3 of Fig. l. Fig. t is a vertical sectional View of the car door, the lower or main door being arranged to form a grain tight closure. F 5 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 5 5 of Figi.

' Fig'. (l is a similar View on the line (S-t Fig. l. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional View. taken substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail sectional 'View otono of the lined hinge elements. Fig, t? is a detail sec- Speciftcaton of Letters Patent.

llatented Feb. itl, Llifli Serial No. 728,753.

for the pivoted door engaging ba r. p

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of e the invention, the car door comprises in its vcmistructon an upper door '1, a lower or main door', which is composed of four vertical door sections 2, 3, t and 5, and a Ventilating door 6,'the lower or main door and the upper door being adapted to be used together, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the draw' ings and in substantially the manner shown i and described in the aforesaid application, when it is desired to torni a grain tight storm proof closure, and the Ventilating door being designed for use' in connection with the lower or main door to provide for Ventilation, as illustrated in Figs. l and 3 of the accompanying drawings. The nunil bei of vertical sections ofthe lower or main door may be increased to'provide a. door of the desired size, or the vertical sections may be varied in size to secure the same result.

'l'he door sections 2 and 3 are hinged to- 3 gether, and the 'door sections4 4 and 5 are. likewise hinged together forming two sectional doors, which extend from the bottom of the door opening of the sideor wall 7 of the car into the upper half of the door opening, the upper door l being in the nature of an auxiliary door adapted to be opened in loading grain and designed to remainclosed when the merchandise contained wit-hin the car is of a size to pass o through `the door opening' when the loweror main door only is open.v The. sections and 5 of the sectional doors are slidably connected with vertical pintle rods S b v hinge elements composed ot two leaves 9 l and ll0, hinged together by a Vertical pintle llv and adapted to permit `the sectional doors to swing from the door opening of the. car to the exterior of the latter to points beyond the said door opening. The leaves 9 are riveted or otherwise secured to the outer face of the door sections 2 and 5 at points intermediate of the vertical edges ofthe saine, and the leaves l0, which constitute intermediate leaves, arefprovided with eyes i l2 slidably arranged on the vertical pintley l rods 8. The -verticalpintle rods 8. which und are located at opposite sides ott the door openingen? the car, are supported at intervals by fixed hinge elemei'its or brackets 1?, provided with vertically alined eyes to revceive the pntle 'rods 8 and having horizontal slots 14- through whichipass bolts l5, or other suitable fastening devices lor securing the hinge elements yorbraclrcts 13 in fixed adjustment. vThe vertical. pintle rods f3 are provided with notches 1G, located within the vertically alined eyes of the hinge elements 13 and enjraged by ciotter pins 1'?, extending through Aiorizontal. openings 18 and each having,` one side out'oll and its other side bent an angle and .arranged in a groove 19 formed in the inner or rear face of the hinge elementsr 13 and extendingl from the inner end ot' the opening- 18. By this construe on, the pintle rod is held against vertical movement in the eyes of the hinge elements 1.3. No claim is made in the present case to the means for holding the pintle rods against vertical movement. The bolts have their heads arranged at the inner face of the side or". the car so as to 4present smooth surlaees to `the contents ot the latter. The upper door 1 is connected to the car at the top of the door opening by hinges" 20, having horizontal pintles .and provided with slots 21 for the reception of suitable fastening devices 22 'foradjustably securing the upper door to the car. l

The hinge elements or brackets 13 are preferably tour in number, and are spaced apart to provide upper, lower and intermediate spaces for the eyes 12 of the leaves 10., and three sets of leaves 9 and 10 are preferably employed, as shown, but the nurnber ot' fixed hinge elements or `brackets and the leaves 9 and 10, which constitute movable hinge elements, may, of course, be varied as desired. ments are slidable-vertically on the pintle rods S to engage the lower-.or main door with a groove 23 at the bottom of the dooropening ofv the car and -to disengage I'1t therefrom, and also to enable the'ventilating door to be placed in position at the 'lower portion of said door opening. The

groove 2 3 is also adapted to receive one or more wooden blocks or pieces designed to have a skid or. runway nailed or otherwise secured to them to prevent the same from clipping. The pintle rods 8 are equipped at the intermediate space with set collars 2t, provided With 'set screws 25 and adapted to berigidly secured to the pintle rods in engagement with the eyes 12 of the intermediate hinge elements for holding the doors rmly in position against upward moveent on the pintle rods when a car is loaded with grain. This will prevent any leakage of the .grain at the bottom ot' the car door. llVhen, however, the car is loaded with a dit'- ferent character of merchandise, the set colrlhe movable hinge ele' lars may beV arranged at. the upper portionr of the intermediate space between the fixed binge elements 13, aslillustrated in Fig. of

the drawings. ,v I

The sections of the lower ormain door and the upper door are preferably*constructed* of heavysheet metal, such as boiler iron, but any other suitable material,"eithcr woodor metal, may loe-employed in thel construction of the door. The hinges 26, ivhiih connect the door sections 2 and 3, are preferably .arer` ranged at the inner face of the door, and the lhinges 2?, which connect the door sections 4 and 5, are preferably arranged, at the outer face of the door. The l'linges. 2G and 2 7, which may be constructedin any suitable manner, permit the door sections 2 and 3 to break outwardly vand `the door sections 4 and 5 to break inwardly. The vertical door sections are bent outwardly at the bottom to -pro1 ide horizontal bottom llanges'28, and

the contiguous vertical edges of the sections 2 andI 3 are bent outwardly 'to form abutting flanges 29 and 30, `the flange 29 bein shaped to cover the joint. between the sections 2-and 3. The contiguous 4vertical edges of the sections 4 and 5 are bent outwardly to form vertical abutting flanges 31., and the sect-.ion 5 is provided at its inner face with a vertical strip 32, riveted or otherwise secured to the said door section 5 and forming a liange to span and cover the joint between the sect-ions 4 and 5. The adjacent edges of the sections 3 and l are bent outwardly to form flanges 33 and 34, the flange 34. being L-sliap'ed in` cross section and overlapping the liange 33 to cove'r'the joint. y

-The car is provided at the .bottom of the door opening;l with a sill plate 35, consi ructecl of sheet metal or other suitable material and angularly bent at the center to form the said groove 23, which'has a flat bottom and vertical side walls, the bottom being located slightly below the upper surface of the car floor 3h and forming a drain. The bottom of the groove is provided with openings 37, comn'ninicating with passages 38 extendingYA through the bottom of the car and adapted to .permit acids or other liquids spilled in the car adjacent vto the car door to drain through the openings .in the bottom of the groove or gutter. It is the practice ou some roads in shipping' acid and other liquid liable to injure the other contents of the rar to place such liquids close to the door and to nail. strips on the bottom or lloor of the car toconfine any leakage within a limited area. As the bottom of the Agroove is located below the plane of the surface o't the floor, any such leakage will he drained olf by (he `groove or gutter and the openings thereof. The inner and outer portions ot' the metallic sill or sill plate are inclined and are preicrably supported by filler strips Il() of wood or other suitable material, arranged beneath the sill plate, as clearly illustrated in F ig. 4 of the drawings. The outer inclined portion is adapted tol shed water and prevent the saine from percolating into the car at the bottom of the door opening.

rl'he groove or gutter besides constituting a drain is also adapted to receive depending studs or projections 40, extending below the lower edges or" the door sections and provided with attaching portions secured to the inner faces or" the said sections. llVhen the depending' studs or projections ofthe lower or main door are engaged withv the groove or guter of the door sill, the lower portion of the said door is firmly held against either inward or outward movement. The groove or gutter is also adapted to receive dependprojections 410i" the ventilating door, which is provided at the top with sockets or openings 42, arranged at intervals in position to receive the depending studs or projections of the lower or main door. The Ventilating door, which, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, consists of vertical bars and horizontal connecting bars, may be oi any preferred construction, and can be screened it desired, and it is provided at its ends with projecting flanges 43, arranged in vertical planes and adapted to tit against the outer faces of the vertical flanges 44 at opposite sides of the door opening to prevent the door from being moved inwardly. The vertical langes 44 are also engaged at their inner .faces by horizontal project-ions or lingers 44a, fixed to and extending from the outer vertical' edges of the door sections Q ando. By this construction, the Ventilating door is interlocked at the sides 'and bottom of the car and at thetop with the bottom of the lower or main door and is securely retained in position. The vertical flanges 44 consist of sides or wings of angle strips or pieces 45, having their other sides or wings securedto the edges of the car at opposite sides of the door opening. The upper door l and the lower or main door are also adapted to ita'gainst the vertical flanges 44 of l the angle strips 45, which form tight joints at the sides of the door opening.

The lower edge of the upper door extends' below the upper edges of the vertical sec-- -tions of the lower door, and the said upper door is equipped at its outer face adjacent to its lower edge with a horizontal flanged bar 4G, having one of its flanges litted against the upper door and suitably securedto the same, while the other flange projects horizontally from the said upper doorover upper horizontal outwardly extending flanges 47 and 4S ot the vertical door sections to provide a tight joint at the top otk the lower or main door.' The horizont-al projecting flange of the bar 46 is provided at intervals with slots 49, adapted to be enga ged by a pointed bar or other tool to enable the vertical sections of the lower door to be forced inwardly into position, and per- .mittirig the bills of hooks 50 to project throught-he said horizontal flange ot the bar 4G for engaging the upper 'ends of the vert-ical sections of the lower or main door for securing the same in tight engagement for fastening the latter in its closed position. The hooks 50, which are pivoted, are designed to be constructed similar' to those de# scribed in the aforesaid application.

The lower or main door is equipped with a pivoted door engaging bar 5l, mounted on the vertical door section 3 and being of a length to extend entirely across the door sections 3 and 4 and overlap the inner portions of thesectio-ns 2 and 5. rlhe ends of the door engaging bars are equipped with reversely arranged hooks 5:2, adapted to env` gage horizontally disposed handles 53 mounted on the 'door sections 2 and 5- and forming loops and performing the double function of a `keeper and a handle., The door section 4 is equipped with an inverted approximately U-shaped keeper 54, arranged in the path of and adapted to .be engaged by the pivoted locking bar 51. rlhe pivoted bar is secured in Iits engaging position by mechanism adapted to receive a seal and connected with the lower end of a chain 55, which is provided at its upper end with a pin 5G adapted to engage aniopening in the horizontally projecting flange ot the upper door. The seal receiving means for lacking the pivoted bar is constructed simiwith the lower edge of the upper door and lar to that shown and described in the aforesaid application, and as .no claim is made in the present application to the locking means for securing the upper door l and the lower or .main door in their closed positions, further description and illustration thereof are deemed unnecessary.

Vhen the sectional doors of the lower or main door are folded'against the outer face of the car, they are arranged beneath hinged shields 57 having their upper edges disposed horizontally at` opposite sides of vthe door opening and constructed of sheet metal, or other suitable material, bent longitudinally at 5S adjacent to their lower edges to form angularly related upper and lower portions and having their lower edges bent upwardly to provide bottom ilanges 59 and to form ein.V terior grooves or gutters 60,- adapted to carry the drip beyond the vertical edges of the folded sectional doors. Whenthe sectional' dtors are folded-beneath-the shields, the

upper ,portions of the latter extend downwardly and outwardly atan inclination from the outer face of the ear, and the' lower por tions, which have the grooves or gutters, are arranged in a substantially vertical plane.

,The shields 57 are provided adjacent to their upper edges' with perorations 6l,

are hinge'dto the eide of the ear and G2, w1 ierehy they adapted to Swing` upwardly and downwardly to enable thosectional doors to be swung beneath them andv removed from snr-.h inislit-ionA rlie hingedfshields are also equipped at. their which are linked into eyes outer portions withv upwardly projecting projecting portions shields and other'olijectis claws 63, eoiisisting @if plates or pieces seein-eel to the flanges v59 and extending npward'ly therefrom and provided in their with siete or bifurcationeadalm-rd to receive links of Short chains (34, geenr'ed to the upper portions'of 'the ad jat-,ent vertical doorse'ctions. .lyhese shortf-hains are adapted tov be readily engaged with andal'isengaged frein the Claws et the shields, and they are secured to the Sectional .hv a `atay chain on. providwl at ith1 upper end with a ring: o7. which is permanently linked into an eye holt 39- oi the door neetionh` il and harinar a hook (32% at ila4 lower end to engage a. rinnv 'itl or other anrhoring nieans vlorated at the floor of the rar in spared relation with the door.4 The ringY 7() is linked into an eye heli' Tl, but, the latter inay hedirertly engaged hy the hook (itl it desired. The rei-tira! door section y-l is also equipped with a short chain 72 provided at doors its tree portion with a terminal link or ring; Til and an intermediate link or ringI 7l, lorated a short diatanre i'roni the terminal link. 'l`he inelinedehain (So inlapted to paas through the intermediate link 74, and

the short'ntay rhain Til extends 'upwardly and inwardly troni the verlieal door section .L to the slay rhain lill for ln'aringz' the Heetionai door to wliirh it, in roi-inertial. yilie termina link "i2-l of the' et y chain is adapted to he ronnveted with the inclined rhain on, when it ia desired to provide a small apinount of niark in the chain 72 to allow i'or a slight separation of the sectional l lor Ventilating purposes. chainsy are also adaiied to ne employed any heavy l adwhere there is small danger ot the eonents of the rar shitting' ard eonL tasting with the stay ehaina, and should it he desired to use the 'stay chains when the Ventilating door ir; employed, any suitable nenni suoli an a piece ot wire or an addi- Ther-,e w l th 1 Losanna tional chain may lie utilized to lengthen the rhain (lli and Connect the naine with anchor in; means to the floor oli the ear.

`lhe lower or niain door is equipped on its exterior with a short veliain 75 secured at one end to the door section 3 and adapted to he aernred to a projecting ear or lng- 7S, extending horizontally from the door section L'l and vprovided with a perforation 7T through which is passed a pin TS or other auitalile fastening; means it'or confining; a link of the chain T5 on the lng or ear T6. rthe pin TS may he sealed and the chain 'i5 uan he utilized in the event ot' breakage of the nil reeeiving means for lot-king the door engaging har.

The eye bolt 69 is mounted in a bearing plate Til, eeeurrd to the outer face oi' the door seetiion '3 and provided with acentral opening- SO to receive the shank portion oi" the eye holt anddiaving an elongated re eens Sl at its .inner face to receive a, portion otl the eye of the holt; 159, whereby the latter ia held against rotary movement.. The door neetion Itis provided. with a slot S2, which rep'stere with the rei-eas S1 et the bearing plate 79, and the latter has anannular bearingl flange S3, surrounding the openinr and extending fronithe enter tace oi the plate 7i) and forming a ionrnal or pivot for Athe door engaging liar 5i. T he threaded portion of the eye holt 69 extends beyond the llann'e S3 and receives a not 84, which is srrewed tightly against the outer edge of the llange 83. The flange S3 ie of a length slightly in excess of the thickness of that portion et' the-door' engaging har through which il; passes, so that the screwing of the nut against the flange does noty ali'eet the i'ree pivotal movement of the door engaging har.

What is claimed is:-

l. The combination with a ear having a door openingjof an upperdoor hinged to the ear at the top of the opening and arranged to swing upwardly and downwardly, lower Sectional doors hinged to tl e ear at opposite sides ot the door opening and coperatinp; with the upper door to close the said opening, Said lower sectional doors heineY eiidaiile i'ipwardly and downwardly and adapted io he arranged in an elevated peer tion in the door opening, and a orali-ating door arranged in the lower portion of the door opening' and supporting the sectional doors and detarhahly interloel-:ed with the lnaine and with the ear.

2. The combination with a ear having a door opening, of sieetional doors hinged to the ear at opposite aides of the door openi're and alidahle upwardly and downwardly and adapted to he arranged in an elevated position, and a Ventilating` doi r arranged in the lower portion ol the door opening Loeaeos and supporting the sectional doors and det'achably connected with the same and with i the car.

8. The combination with a car having door openingprovided at the `,bottoni with a groove or gutter, of sectional? doors hinged to the door opening-at oppositiev sides thereof and slidable upwardly and downwardly and provided at their lower ends with studs or projections to engage with the groove or gutter when the sectional doors are in their lowerniost position, and a Ventilating door adapted to support the sectional doors in an elevated position and provided at the top with openings or sockets to receive the said studs crit-projections and having depend .ingl projections at the bottom to engage with the groove or gutter.

el. The combination with a car having a door ppening and provided at opposite sides thereolI with vertical flanges, of sectionalv doors hingedto the car at opposite sides of the door opening and slidable upwardly and dmvnwardly and fitting against the vertical flanges. and a Ventilating door arranoed in ,i f C: D

the lower portion of the doorv opening and siuiporting the sectional doors in an elerated position and provided at its ends with flanges fitting against the outer faces of the said vertical flanges and interlocking the 'ventilating door withthe car.

A The combination with a car having a door opening and provided at opposite sides thereof with vertical flanges and having a groove or gutter at the bottom of' the'door opening, of sectional doors hinged to the ar at opposite sides of the door opening and slidable upwardly and downwardly and provided at the bottom with depending Astuds or projections to engage the groove or, gutter, and a Ventilating door arranged within the lower portion of the door openand provided at the top with openings or sockets to receive the said lugs or projections and having depending projections at the bottoni to engage with the groove or gutter and provided at its ends with'projecting. flanges to engage with the vertical flanges of the car.

6. 4The combination with a car having a door opening and provided at opposite sides thereof with pintle rods and havino a groove vor gutter at the. bottom of the said opening, ot' sectional. doors having hinge elements slidable on the pintle rods, and set collars adjustably arranged on the p'intle rods and adapted to"cnoage with the hinge elements of the said doors for retaining Athe latter in interloclted relation with theI groove .or

" '7. The combination witha carhaving a door opening and provided at the bottom thereotl with a groove orgutter, pintle rods mounted on the car exteriorly thereof at opposite sides of the door opening, doors provided with movable hinge elements slidably mounted on the pintle rods and extending into the door opening to permit the doors to he engaged with and disengaged from the said groove or gutter, and exterior set collars mounted on the pintle rods andy having clamping means for engaging' the same, said set collars being adapted to hold the movable hinge elements against upward movement on the pintle rods to retain the doors in engagement with the groove or gutter of the bottom of the car.

8. The combination with a car having a door opening, of a hinged door mounted at the said door opening and arranged to swing substantially flat against the exterior or the side of the car beyond the door opening, and

a shield hinged at its upper edge to the ex. i terior of the car and also. located beyond the door opening and extending below the plaine of the upper edge of the door and lying against the latter, said shield being arranged toswing upwardly and downwardly to permit the door to swing horizontally beneath it and adapted to protect the door and retain the saine in its open position against the side ofthe car.

9. The combination of a car having a door opening, sectional doors hinged to the car at opposite sides of the door opening and foldable against the exterior of the car, and shields hinged at their upper edges to the car and also located beyond thedoor opening and extending below the plane of the upper edge ol2 the doors and adapted to swing upwardly and downwardly to permit the doors to swing horizontally beneath them, said shields being adapted to protect the doors and retain the same in theiry open position.

l0. The combination of a oar having a door opening, sectional doors ringed to the car at opposite sides of the door opening and toldable against the exterior of the car, shields hinged at their upper edges to the car and also located beyond the door open-4 'ing and extending 'below the plane of the upper edge of the doors and adapted to swing upwardly and downwardly to permit the doors to swing' horizontally beneath them, and coacting means on the shields and doors'i'or securingtlie former to the latter and .for holding the doorsin'their folded position.

ll. rlhe combination of a car` having a door openingvseotional doors hinged to the 'ar at oppositeA sides of the door opening and foldable against the exterior of the car, shields hinged at their upper edges to the car and also located beyond the door opening and extending below the plane of' the upper edge ot the doors and adapted to swing upwardly and downwardly to permit the (loon-34 to swiney horizontally henenth them, (finos ','gnojeetine' upwardly from the exterior ot the shields, :ind ehnins carried hy the sectional doors and engaging' the claws for retaining' the doors in their folded position henenth the shields.

12. The combination oi? :i enr haring a, door oiiening, Sectional doofrs hinged to the ein' in; opposite sides ot the door opening and lohlnhle neninet the exterior of the enr, shields hinged :it their upper edges to the enr :nid also located heyond the door openin;r and extenilingg below the plane of the upper edge of the doorel and adopted to swing): upwardly and downwardly to permit the door@ to Swing horizontally beneath them, seid `shields having; mogul-orly related upper and lower portions sind provided at their lower portions with exterior grooves or gntter.

13. A 'er lmrinn` n door openingr end provided at the bottoni with;J Sill plate eenetrueted of sheet merel and provided with a central lon gitudinnl groove or gutter having' vertical side 'alle sind n coi'ineeting` horizontnl bottoni, the latter heine' Seated upon the floor oi' the cor, Said sill plate being` also provided ith inelineifl inner and outer por tions foi-ined integral with the Said yertieal. wells :nid extending; downwardly from the upper edges thereof to the floor, und transversely tapered filler Strips arranged nt op posite sides of the groove or gutter between the vertical walls thereof and the Said inclined inner n nd outer portions ond supporting the latter. i

13.-. The combination with e, cnr lim/"ing,n a door opening, of sectional doors hinged to the enr et opposite Sides of the door opening, n relatively long inclined Stay chain eX- tendingl from one of the Sectional doors and eonneeted with the bottoni of the enr, and n relniiyely shortetny chain Connected with the other sectional door and having; spaced links or rings through which the relatively long` chain adapted to pass.

15. The combination of n ear hay ng door opening and provided oppoeite Sides hereo'l with. veitienl flanges, vertical pintle rods mounted on the exterior of the oer beyoud the said ienges, doors fitting Aagainst the outer :faces ot the flanges and having hinge elements arranged on the pint-le rods, and. rigid lingers projeetinp; from thel doors and arrzniged to engage the said vertical flanges :it the inner faces thereof Whenthe doorl nre closed.

lo. rifhe conihinzition with a oer, of door Sections hinged to the ear, a, hearing plate eem-ed to one of the door sections and pro* vided with a holt opening and having en elongated recess at the inner end thereof, und provided at the outer end of the saine with o projecting annular Piange, and an eye holt passing through the said plate and han# ing' its eye fitted in the recess thereof and its threaded portion projecting beyond the heno ing' flange, n door engaging her mounted Gn the henringl flange, e. nutA arranged on the threaded portion of 'che eye bolt and bearing against the said iizmge to retain the door engaging; har thereon, end e stoy chain oonneeted with the eye of the holt.

in testimony, that eiaini the foregoing ne my own, l have hereto affixed my signeture in the presence of two Witnesses.

PHLP C. MERKER. Witnesees:

VAnnnN HAN NAN, l". l1". Roineooii, 

